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I realized something. If I have to trick the operating system into installing adequate drivers for my hardware, perhaps I should not be using that OS with that hardware, no? So, this is why I'm back to Linux, yet again. I can virtualize Win7 for those things that I just can't ever get working...

I just got Xubuntu 14.04 and I am quite impressed with some of the changes. Gone is the hide-away dock, replaced with a much better "start menu." Though I will say that the repos don't seem to be fully populated yet. There's quite a fair bit of software that I could get on 13.10 but not 14.04.

Well, turns out fixing UT99 was as simple as running it in a window! I had to edit its INI file to make it start in a window by default, but it is working properly again. No Merc, I had not thought of that. Hmm, I might look into that further. Has anyone else heard the rumors about Update 2...

I hate to say it but I concur with Merc. If I were to develop Diabetes, of which there is a tangible chance though my metabolism acts like it's on crack, as it runs in my birth mother's side (wow, I just get hammered with diseases, considering Diabetes, Parkinson's Dystonia, classic Parkinson's...

Wow jtr, that looks rough. we also lost quite a few trees, around half of the 20 or so we had between us and Grandma and Grandpa. All broken off about 5.5ft up from the ground, so the tornado or whatever didn't quite touch down but it came pretty darn close. The saddest thing is, I was the most...

We were very lucky. Our satellite dish got bent in half, and shingles are missing from our house, Grandma's house and Grandma's garage, and there's a small hole in the roof of their garage, but that's about it. Oh, our makeshift skirting (plywood boards, I'm not kidding) got a few pieces torn...

So I just installed 8.1 Pro x64 this morning and only just finished getting all my stuff back to the way it was about an hour ago. I'm home from school (water heater came on way too late for me to get a shower at a decent time, and I hold myself to higher standards than some certain freshmen I...

I'm a fair bit late to the party, but: Transformers (1986) LoTR (whole trilogy, haven't seen the Hobbit movies yet but it was the only one of the books I read so I thought it was pretty awesome) A Series of Unfortunate Events (though it strayed a bit from the books, it was pretty good and Jim...

Surprisingly enough, the power is back on. The electric company must be on top of things.

We get back home and get all of a day before an F1 tornado rips through, cuts our power (with optimist estimates at around three days before its fixed, storm took down entire poles) and screws up our roof. Thank God for house insurance, if nothing else. We might not have school if it doesn't...

My laptops HDD is dead. I've reseated connectors and I'm getting DRDY errors while booting. Spectacular.

That most security screws can be turned with a small enough flathead? I had to open up my gameboy color once, the A button wasn't working, same kind of thing with the security screws. I would have taken it to be repaired by a professional, but I was strapped for cash as always and it was about...

IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIIIVE!

Still battery-indicator looping. I reseated the battery connector. and some other plugs. if it doesnt work now I'm just gonna trash it.

So I reconnected a couple plugs (were disconnected for some reason)... Waiting on the verdict, it's plugged in right now. ARGH I hate waiting for the battery indicator to pop up...

Doh I'm an idiot. I just realized I can use tweezers instead of the special tools it supposedly requires. And I'm a pro at making different bits turn different screws... so I'll be checking thst out when I get home. Isopropyl alcohol is a lot cheaper than a new tablet.

I can't get ahold of the tools and I can't get into the tab without dealing terrible, terrible damage to it otherwise. Apparently the tab was designed to be easy to build, not repair.

It still isn't working. Should I give it another week or should I start trying percussive repairs?

Reddit... /r/talesfromtechsupport. See if you can spot a few posts by yours truly!

D'awwwww... makes me wish my little sister was still that little. She's four now. As mubs said, I would invest in that sawed-off ASAP. It won't be long at all before you have to put the fear of God into some boy.

I cant open it. Not without irreparably damaging it, at least.

To show that I conquered it... nice idea... only we don't go to the store for a while. Yep, it's still doing nothing worth saying. Did I mention that I think my microSD card is dying?

I've been putting it on the slab of wood between my windows (normal window and storm window), and letting it sun. Not even the battery indicator will stay on for more than three seconds. I think I'm screwed. Edit: Grammar.exe has stopped working. Would you like to send an error report?

Kind of off topic, but is your avatar your child, ddrueding?

I'll just leave this here.

I've been looking at them and all, but if I can't fix my GTab I think I'll just drop out of the Android world until I have a source of income. With our funds, I basically have to go with what I have and what I can get for free.

We don't have any.

So yeah. Yesterday = not a good day. Among other things this happened. I couldn't make it stop booting in safe mode. Everything else worked so I know it's still alive, however after I let it dry and turned it on again... it's in a bootloop right now and I can't make it stop so I think I'll just...

Some BEN DROWNED for you. Beware, profanity ahead. BTW, Google TTS is hilarious.

^ Saved. Funnily enough, we're doing a unit on Animal Farm in English II.

Google jvk1166z.esp.

I use the Universal USB installer to make my flash drives bootable. Never had an issue. Well, I had an issue on my laptop when I had my wireless mouse plugged in but that got fixed in relatively short order. I know you can put XP SP3 setup on a flash drive, but how would one go about that?

I'm just gonna leave this here.

I'll just pretend I originally included a link.... Oh, wait, I can't pretend that BECAUSE I CAN'T EDIT THE POST NOW. So, http://pckeyboard.com/page/UKBD/UNI041A <--- THERE you go.

Interestingly enough, with the Radeon 9550 and Windows 7, I no longer have these issues. It was only with the GeForce2 MX and Windows XP.

I don't think I can. On my monitor, I've never had this issue pop up. I've all my applications set up to use 1440 x 900 now anyway, and as long as I sit close enough I can read it fine. Thanks for the help, anyway!

When I set the resolution lower than the monitor's optimal, 1440x900, the res will center in the screen with a border comprising of the unused pixels going around it. I can't find the option in my catalyst software to set it to stretch. I want to set it to 1280x768 so I can see it better. I...

And for DOOM and DOOM II, take away the soundtrack and you get an even eerier game. The Jaguar port and Playstation port of DOOM didn't have music, but were by far the truest to the original in terms of graphics for a console port. In the words of the Angry Video Game Nerd during his Jaguar...

You're right, I wasn't even a twinkle in my dad's eye when DOOM was new, nor DOOM II, but I do remember the first time I played it, on my older brother's computer. Same for Diablo 1 and II. Scarred for life.

Seems pretty nice... I am sooo ready to compile an ICS build for my phone. I don't use it as a phone anyway and chrome would definitely be worth it. Seeing as ICS was worth it on my GTab, and it runs mostly the exact same hardware (the phone has a 320x480 screen where the GTab has a 1024x600...

I've seen games like Amnesia or Slender. Minecraft can even be scary. I mean, think about it. You're one human in a world where nearly everything is out to get you. Ambient sounds make you wonder whether you're really alone, even in peaceful mode. I got ahold of a PSX emulator the other day...

Jeez, not only do you guys have godly machines but you also have booze "collections"? I give up, I can't compete and probably will never be able to.

For those of you who actually like your keys to click, here you go. A USB replica IBM Model M keyboard from Unicomp. Price is too steep for me but ya know whatever. They also make versions with Trackpoints, windows keys, etc etc. They can be ordered to be PS/2 or USB. Pretty snazzy if I do say...

TeamFourStar makes a darn good DBZ parody. It is funny enough that people who aren't really into anime can get into it, and it makes many subtle references and nods to certain DBZ trivia. It's at episode 40 right now, just about ready to get into the cell saga, and the website is...

Hmm, when I get money I may have to look into that. I hate my SE198WFP. It's scratched (courtesy of our move up here), it is dimmer in some areas than others, I think it may be dying, and yet it's the only monitor I own with a DVI port and that's all my Radeon will put out, other than S-Video...

I was more or less kidding. I can't afford that stuff. My budget is non-existent. A donation, however... Just kidding. I don't want to feel like I owe anyone, makes me feel weird talking to them.

... Like I said, if you don't want it and are just going to throw it away, give me a holler... HINT HINT HINT (Am I being subtle enough? :) )

Couldn't edit fast enough D: I never thought ESD to be much of an issue either. Probably why my freebie RAM for my old desktop fried before I put it in. But, coming out of a scavenged computer I figured I couldn't have expected much. I mean, it was trashed for a reason right? The toolkit that...

You gotta be kidding! An i7, slow? I'll take it off your hands if you want, Sant... I'm not picky. Also, I agree, if I were to buy an i7 (which defies all logic I possess, being on a budget and all) I would go for the 4770k. It appears to be massively overclockable, I read about certain...

Teehee, anyway I get shopping for monitors at costco because not everyone has the money for 4k displays. No costco around here, so that leaves meijer and walmart. Sadly there the monitors tend to be bundled with full machines. (shudder)